I Do. Not. Own. Golden. Sun. Note that there is Valeshipping, Steamshipping and Duskshipping in this story. Also this story was inspired by Flash Gunner's That Incredible Feeling. The FelixXKarst stuff was brought to my mind from Martin III's fic.
Chapter 1, Beginning: Declaration of New Vale
Isaac hurried to meet with Jenna before going to the massive celebration of New Vale. Isaac knew he was late so he sprinted to the bridge they had decided to meet at. As soon as Isaac stepped on the bridge Jenna turned around, and Isaac stared at the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.
"ISAAC, I was wondering when you'd get here" Jenna said as she punched him in the shoulder and smiled. After the Golden Sun event, Isaac and Jenna went on a few adventures. Together they visited the many grand cities of Weyard. It had been in that journey when both realized they truly loved each other. Of course, they had loved each other before but that was just as friends, after their journey ended three months ago, Jenna and Isaac had become even closer than before.
"I am sorry I'm late Jenna" Said Isaac, he then leaned in and kissed her. He loved this girl, and he was sure that they were meant to be together. "Does that make up for being late?" He asked with a smirk.
"Almost there is just one more thing." Said Jenna, as she grabbed the back of his head with both hands and pulled him into a passionate kiss. Then Jenna grabbed his hands, "There I think I'm good now" she said with a smile.
"Then lets head to the celebration," said Isaac as he walked with Jenna. Although they had become extremely close over the past two years, they had only actually started dating about two months now, but they had tried to keep it a secret, of course Garet knew and their parents knew but beyond that no one knew, especially not Felix. Isaac was scared that Felix would hurt him if and when Felix found out.
Isaac put his arm around Jenna's shoulder as they walked to the town hall. Then Jenna leaned her head on his shoulder. "You know that were going to have to tell everyone right?" Jenna asked in her kindest, most patient voice.
"I know it's just that… that, well I'm nervous" Isaac admitted. He wanted to act all tough, but he also didn't want to lie to Jenna. Ultimately his honesty outweighed his toughness.
"Nervous!" Jenna stepped away from Isaac "Nervous about what? getting hurt by Felix? He would only hurt you if you hurt me, which will never happen right?" Jenna said slightly loud. She already knew the answer to the question, but it was simply her personality to be loud.
"I would never do anything to hurt you" Isaac calmly said to her.
"So then there is nothing to worry about" Jenna said as she smiled. Then the young Fire Adept began to skip ahead, which caused Isaac to jog.
New Vale, as it was commonly referred to, had just finished being rebuilt after almost 2 years of labor. The town was a bit bigger than before but not Tolbi sized. New Vale had a river through it and if you followed the river south a lake about the size of a really big pool. The lake and river were a light blue and they were also fresh water not salt water. The town itself had only a few houses. It had a house for every family which numbered to six-teen houses. However, the town had a large pile of land so every house was spread out and had plenty of space between them. Most of the houses were pretty generic, they all had the same architecture style; the only real difference was the number and size of the rooms. They all contained a kitchen, meal table, attic and at least one bed room. Beyond that, the houses fit to the families needs. Felix and Jenna's house was fairly large, had a medium sized living room and a kitchen to the corner of the living room. It had a dining room behind the kitchen and a bedroom for Jenna and Felix's parents that was across from the kitchen. The parent's room also had a bathroom built in. Upstairs there was two bathrooms and two bedrooms for Felix and Jenna. Isaac's home was a smaller version, having the same bottom floor, only much smaller and a single bedroom upstairs. New Vale had stone roads for walking and a central marketplace where they had a blacksmith's forge, an Inn, and several merchant stands. In the middle of town there was a huge pavilion and behind that was the town hall. The pavilion could be used for dancing, eating or putting food on the tables. The town hall was the biggest building in town, and was the most beautiful building. This was mainly due to the carved engravings it had on the wood inside and out. In the center of town there was a peninsula that contained in the middle of it a huge Psyenergy stone. For the mean time everyone in town were congregating at the pavilion.
When the young couple arrived at the pavilion for the celebration, the mayor was just finishing his speech on how long New Vale would last. Isaac walked away from Jenna trying to find Garet. Usually this wouldn't be too hard as he was tall and buff, however, with so many people around Isaac couldn't see him. Isaac thought he sniff a heavenly smell coming from his left. With a smirk, he turned to his left and saw, as he thought he would, his best friend Garet; the loud obnoxious Mars Adept who was well meaning.
Garet had a pile of food in one arm and in the other he was grabbing more. Isaac chuckled to himself as he walked down to Garet and grabbed a roll from Garet's stash, "Hey don't touch my... oh! It's you, how you likin the Celebration?" Garet asked just before he stuffed a chicken leg into his face. Isaac cringed at how his friend ate. He stuffed and stuff into his mouth. If he ever stopped training then Garet would become one fat dude.
"It's been pretty fun but I only just got here." Isaac answered as he readied a plate for himself. He filled most of his plate with bread and chicken but also grabbed a large buttery potato.
"Is Jenna Here?" Garet asked between his mouthfuls of chicken. Garet had known Isaac loved Jenna since they were little kids. It just took Isaac himself years to figure it out. Garet himself loved Mia; the beautiful, kind, sweet, thoughtful, and shy Mercury Adept from Imil. Unfortunately for Garet, she also lived there and had only come to New Vale for the celebration.
"Yeah she's standing by her brother." Isaac told Garet as he finished piling up his plate. "Come on, let's go get her." Garet nodded and the two gather their childhood friend from her brother. They walked to the edge of the crowd but there weren't any seats left; New Vale was packed full with the delegates of other cities, who had also brought their entourages. So the trio stood their awkwardly for a moment.
"Well what are we standing around here for LETS EAT" Garet loudly shouted. His food was getting cold, and while Garet would eat any food, he preferred warm, and since their food was just getting colder standing there, he wanted to inhale-or rather eat it.
"Can you be a bit quieter Garet?" Isaac asked as he scratched his head at his friends' awkward outburst of noise.
"Hah oh sorry ok Lets go up there" Garet said as he pointed to a large tree on top of a twenty-foot high cliff. Although slightly high, the ground curved around the cliff and made it a hill on either side of the cliff, so it was easy to reach the spot under the tree. Isaac nodded and walked up to the tree and sat, Jenna also sat, her plate filled with nachos and spicy fajitas. Isaac gave her a curious look.
"What? I like spicy food. It probably comes with being a fire Adept." Jenna said as she crunched down on her first fajita.
Next Garet came up and sat on Isaac's other side. His plate contained food of various types, including but not limited to: Pizza, hotdogs, burgers, turkey, chicken, fries, fried chicken, rolls, other breads, cheese, beef fajitas, mozzarella stitches, buffalo meat, wolf meat, and finally, spicy jalapeño soup made with the hottest spices in all of Weyard. When the trio were seated they began conversing about what jobs they were going to get now that New Vale had been built. As Jenna was eating, she saw Felix looking around and assumed he was looking for her. She waved to him and he saw her hand. Felix, with Sheba with him, jogged up to the trio and sat next to Jenna. Felix had a huge plate filled with food while Sheba had a small plate with a small steak and a small potato. After a moment, Garet had finished his food and went down to get more. While gather seconds, he ran into Mia, literally.
"OH. I'm so sorry Mia, I didn't see you there." Garet said as he reached out and picked her up. Quickly he incinerated her dirtied food so she wouldn't have to pick it up.
"It's ok Garet, I'm sure it was an accident." Mia said with a convincing smile. Truth was, she had quite a temper. Luckily, the first thing being a healer taught was patience. It was odd; Mia had seen Garet act like a goof ball or a jerk. During the united journey to Mars Lighthouse, Garet had always been questioning Felix about why Isaac wasn't in charge. Yet, when conversing with Jenna, he was a goof, always cracking jokes or being the butt of a joke. The odd thing was, Garet never acted that way if he saw Mia. He would instantly become the perfect gentlemen, kind and courteous. It confused her, but she didn't mind, it was kind of nice.
"Mia do you have a table? Because if you don't you could sit with us up their." Garet pointed to the tree on the cliff.
Mia smiled before she answered. "I would love to Garet, thank you." Mia nodded her head in a yes as she gathered more food. Then, they walked to the tree and sat down. Garet was slightly surprised to see that Piers, Kraden and Ivan had joined them, but he wasn't upset about it. They were all close friends. Currently, Kraden and Ivan were engaged in a scientific philosophical debate with each other. Felix, Piers and Isaac were conversing about weapons and defense. Sheba and Jenna were gossiping and talking about shoes.
When Jenna noticed Mia had joined the group, she nudged Isaac. "Isaac, I think we should tell them." Jenna whispered, surprisingly well, into Isaac's ear.
"Well, I suppoooooooose, we could." Isaac said in fear. He knew Jenna would take that as a yes; and he was right.
Jenna leaped up the moment she heard 'suppose' and coughed. "Hey guys I have an announcement to make." Everyone turned to look at her with a questioning face. "It's official, me and Isaac are together." The group did a universal shrug and went back to their conversations. "What? Not even an congratulations?" Jenna was shocked.
"Well, no, it was obvious when you two came back from your trip that you were dating." Mia sweetly replied. "The only really surprised person here is Felix and do you really think he would congratulate you on getting a boyfriend?" Mia whispered into Jenna's ear.
"Oh, I guess. But Mia, we weren't together until a month after we came back." Jenna said, still hurt that no one had congratulated her.
Mia gave her a questioning look but didn't argue. Instead she said "Congratulations Jenna." Jenna beamed at Mia and tackled her in a hug.
Meanwhile, Isaac, who was blushing, and nervous, had gone to acquire some dessert. He was reaching for a cookie when he felt a hand grab him.
"Wha-" He started before seeing it was Felix. "What do you want Felix?" he asked
"I want you to know, that if you EVER hurt Jenna then you'll be in for a world of hurt." Isaac nodded readily. Not wanting to be punched in the face by an enraged, overprotective, older brother. "You BETTER be telling the truth." Felix said with a finger pointed in his face.
Afterwards, the two walked back together. "Hey Felix?" It was a question, as to if they were on talking turns or not.
"What?" Felix asked. The older Venus Adept had decided it was best to stay on good terms with Isaac so that he could stay on good terms with his sister.
"Have you ever dated anyone?" Isaac was hoping to get some advice. Garet had told him a TON of pick-up lines, and stupid jokes, none of which he used. He felt afraid to ask Kraden, who was old fashioned and Piers, who had never mentioned girls. Ivan was too young, so that left Felix.
Felix chuckled "heheh, yeah. You remember Karst right?" Felix had loved Karst, she had been his soul, the very reason he had made it through his Prox training. Felix laughed, this time more obviously, at Isaac's opened mouth. "During my days at Prox, she became my best friend. Eventually, we kissed, When she got stronger I had to keep up. So when she became powerful I did too. It was different, a girlfriend as a rival." Felix explained, with a smirk.
"Cool, thanks Felix, maybe we'll talk later." Isaac said as the two earth Adepts arrived at the eating spot. Together they sat, and began conversing with the other Warriors of Vale.